Sale 311: Rare Books & Manuscripts, including Exploration & Voyages (#311) 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 311 232 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 [Le Corps Humain] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Anatomy)Author[Cuyer, Edmond]PublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Publishedcirca 1880's Lot #6 Cosmographicus liber View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianus, PetrusPublisherJoannes Grapheus for Arnold BirckmannDate PublishedFeb. 1533 Lot #11 The Story of Little Black Sambo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBannerman, HelenPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1899 Lot #14 A General History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBewick, T[homas]PublisherPrinted by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. BewickDate Published1790 Lot #15 Fabliaux or Tales, of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bewick, Thomas and John)AuthorLe Grand d'Aussy and Pierre Jean BaptistePublisherPrinted for J. RodwellDate Published1815 Lot #22 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorPublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] Lot #27 Don Quixote de la Mancha. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha Written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra : Motteux' Translation Revised Anew (1743) & Corrected Rectified and Filled Up in Numberless Places by J. Ozell Who Likewise Added the Explanatory Notes from the Best Editions in English & Spanish... View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel dePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1930] Lot #36 Phrenological Illustrations, Or, An Artist's View of the Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCruikshank, GeorgePublisherGeorge CruikshankDate Published1826 Lot #38 Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherGreat ColburnDate Published1839 Lot #39 "Three Papers on the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; and on the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection". In: The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorDarwin, Charles and Alfred R. WallacePublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1858 Lot #40 Dombey and Son View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #44 Encyclopedie, ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des métiers… [and] Supplemente a l’Encyclopedie View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold AuthorDiderot, Denis & Jean le Rond d'AlembertDate Published1758-1777 Lot #45 Atlas novvs coelestis : in qvo mvndvs spectabilis et in eodem tam errantivm qvam inerrantivm stellarvm phoenomena notabilia, circaipsarvm lvmen, figvram, faciem, motvm, eclipses, occulationes, transitvs, magnitvdines, distantias, aliaque secvndvm Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe hipothesin ... graphice descripta exhibentvr / a Ioh. Gabriele Doppelmaiero ... View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorDoppelmayr, Johann GabrielPublisherSumptibus heredum HomannianorumDate Published1742 Lot #46 Folgerungen aus den Capillaritatserscheinungen View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorEinstein, Albert.PublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1901 Lot #47 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1916 Lot #48 Ist die Tragheit eines Korpers von seinem Energieinhalt abhangig? View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorEinstein, AlbertPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1905 Lot #49 Collection of photographs and related items of erotic and pornographic nature View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Erotica)Author**Date PublishedLate 19th century to 1950's Lot #50 Elementorum geometricorum lib. XV View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorEuclidPublisherJohannem HervagiumDate Published1537 Lot #52 Die Traumdeutung View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorFreud, SigmundPublisherFranz DeutickeDate Published1900 [i.e., 1899] Lot #53 Discurso unico novissimo que muestra ay en naturaleza. Animales irracionales invisibles, y quales sean View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorFuente la Pena, Antonio dePublisherEmprenta RealDate Published1676 Lot #67 Opera omnia... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHippocratesPublisherDaniel and David Aubrius & Clement ScliechDate Published1620 Lot #70 The Book of Job View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Hubbard, Elbert)AuthorElzas, Rabbi Abraham, translatorPublisherThe Roycroft ShopDate Published1897 Lot #71 Two 1-page autograph letters signed by Alexander von Humboldt, plus a special commemorative postage envelope of Humboldt View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)Date Published[c. 1815-22] & [c. 1836] Lot #75 Historiae naturalis [de quadrupedibus; de avibus; de piscibus et cetis; de xanguibus aquaticus; de insectis; de serpentibus et draconibus] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorJonston, JohnPublisherJ.J. Fil. SchipperDate Published1657 Lot #79 Archive of approximately 20 books with one or more illustrations by Paul Landacre, plus programs, brochures, catalogues, announcements and related ephemera with Landacre woodcuts and illustrations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Landacre, Paul)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #82 Anno Tricesimo Nono. Georgii III. Regis.: Cap[ter] LXXX. An Act for better regulating the Manner of carrying Slaves, in British Vessels, from the Coast of Africa View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Laws)Author**Publisher[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers for King George III]Date Published1799 Lot #88 Les Clavicules de R. Salomon, traduite exactement du Texte hebreu en francois: le tout enrichi d'un grand nombre de figures misterieuses de Talismans, Pentacules, Cercles, Canderies, & Caracteres View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Manuscript - Occult)Author**Date Publishedc.1700 Lot #99 Letter signed by Horatio Lord Nelson View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorNelson, Vice-admiral Horatio Lord (1758-1805)Date PublishedMay 8, 1801 Lot #100 Observations Upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacPublisherPrinted by J. Darby & T. Browne for J. Roberts, et alDate Published1733 Lot #105 Le Temple des Muses...ou sont representes les Evenemens les plus remarquables de l'Antiquite Fabuleuse View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Picart, Bernard)Author**PublisherZacharie ChatelainDate Published1733 Lot #106 A New and Complete System of Arithmetic, Composed for the Use of the Citizens of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPike, NicolasPublisherJohn MycallDate Published1788 Lot #110 Autograph letter signed by Basil Rathbone View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRathbone, Basil (1892-1967)Date Published[c. 1935] Lot #111 Archive of theatrical material, including an autograph letter signed by Basil Rathbone, pertaining to Kit Cornell's 1934-1935 production of Romeo and Juliet View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRathbone, Basil, Brian Aherne and Katharine CornellDate Published1934-35; 1980 Lot #115 Opus poeticum de admirabilia fallacia et astutia vulpeculae Reinikes... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchopper, HartmannPublisher[Petrum Fabritium, impensis Sigismundi Feirabent, & Simonis Huteri]Date Published1567 Lot #119 Set of 20 decoratively bound illustrated classics in literature View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Sets - Literature)Author**PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1905-06 Lot #120 The Works of Molière View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorMolière, [Jean Baptiste Poquelin de] (1622-1673)PublisherChez Barrie FrèresDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #127 The Tragedie of Cymbeline View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamPublisher[Ernest Benn Ltd.]Date Published1923 Lot #132 An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations [and] The Theory of Moral Sentiments View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorSmith, AdamDate Published1804-1805 Lot #135 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)PublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 Lot #136 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Swift, Jonathan]PublisherThe Golden Cockerel PressDate Published1925 Lot #139 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeacePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #144 "A Voyage in a Balloon". In: Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Vol. X View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherJohn SartainDate Published1852 Lot #145 The Adventures of a Chinaman in China View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherLee and Shepard / Charles T. DillinghamDate Published1889 Lot #146 Around the World in Eighty Days View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low & SearleDate Published1874 Lot #147 Dick Sands. The Boy Captain View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1879 Lot #148 From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #149 The Giant Raft (Part I). Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1881 Lot #150 Hector Servadac View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherScribner, Armstrong & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #151 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; or, the Marvellous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherGeo. M. SmithDate Published1873 Lot #152 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas; or, the Marvellous and Exciting Adventures of Pierre Aronnax, Conseil His Servant, and Ned Land, a Canadian Harpooner View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1875 Lot #153 Lot of three titles View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesDate Published1870's Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next